Improvement in tea-kettles



Patented June 23. 1863.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARNEY H. MENKE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEA-KETTLES.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,972, dated June23, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be known that I, BARNEY H. MENKE, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio,have in- "ented a new and useful Improvementin Tea- Kettles; and I dohereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to the class of cast iron vessels whose lid isadapted to swing horizontally around one of the bail-ears, and issecured by the insertion of the bail; and the object of my presentimprovement is such a construction of the parts as shall enable them tobe formed complete in the acts of molding and casting without thenecessity of filing, screw-cutting, or any other so-called finishingwork whatever.

Figure 1 represents the parts of m improvement detached. Fig. 2 is anaxial section of the parts in position.

A is the upper part of the kettle-body. B is the lid, having a lug, C,pierced with a circular aperture or eye, 0. D D are the bailears,pierced, d, in the usual manner to receive the ends of the bail E. F isa thimble, havin g the form exteriorly of a short cylinder, Whose depthand diameter correspond to those of the eye 0, and whose upper edge isprovided with a rim or flange,f. The thimble F is slotted to fit snuglyover the bail-ear D.

Construction This kettle may consist of but four pieces, of which thebail is of wrought or malleable iron, while the kettle body, the lid,and the thimble are simple castings of easy manufacture, and complete asthey come from the sand. A thimble, taken indifferentl y from the heap,being inserted in the lid the two pieces are slipped together over theear D, and being secured by the insertion of the hail, the kettle isready for use.

Operation: The kettle is openedby swinging the lid horizontally to theright or left. The cylindrical sides of the thimble form a suitablepivot, on which the lid freely swings, while the rim or flange fretainsthe lid upon the kettle.

All the four pieces which compose this kettle may be packed or disposedof separately, for sale or removal, and can be put together in a fewseconds by any one.

I claim As an improved manufacture of bailed and covered hollow ware,the provision of the thimble F f f adapted to fit over the bail-ear andto confine the lid while permittingits free horizontal vibration, thewhole being secured by the insertion of the bail, in the manner setforth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

' B. H. MENKE.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT,

ALEXANDER WILsoN.

